Survey posted 2000-05-26 23:49 by Andy.

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Kinda late for a new survey.

Andy was on vacation in New York for a week. :(

--BlueCalx

Oh. I see.

Better late than never.

Yeah, true. I couldn't tell you what I actually meant for a long time, because this thread was kind of 'blocked' by all the multilangual (sp?) posts. But I meant that the ZShell survey had been up way too long.

I agree, especially when Nick posted an explanation of ZShell right next to it...

The ironic thing is that the proportion of no votes INCREASED after Nick posted that explanation.

That survey was kinda extreme in the answers don't ya think? I use the news _reponses_ to decide which to download. It pretty easy to know if a file is worth the time because usually people either rave or complain. Compatability is usually discussed too. You should have a choice for that too!

Mark Hazard

I just look at the new items for the day and download the ones that I use or that look interesting/promising.

There should be more options in this poll than we have now. I look at every news item, since I go to this site every day. I'm even notified when it has a small change, and even caught it down once.

~Robert

I usually already know about the files that I am interested in, and I ususally have played them for a while before they are ever here.

I use the allfile thing and dl all of the files in the folder, then test most, and new stuff that looks neat, or that the news says is good.

On the topic of downloading..
I think the allfiles zip in each folder should be named something like 89agms or something so that when i dl 2 of them in a row the second doesnt overwrite the first.
Also I wish you could change between alphabeticle and by date to view them so if i am gone for a week I can see all the recent files.

I find news item posted on ticalc.org *very* personal... In fact, a site hosted at ticalc.org can post a horrible program, there will be a news item. But an immense programmer (eg Blue_Z, the author of BigDyna) can make a very well-done, fun, etc... program, he won't have a single news item!

That's why I go to TI-Fr for the news (which are much more rationnally posted)...

Yes, but they are kind of hard to read sometimes.

Not to mention that there are really good programs out there that are not featured, and are better than some that are featured.

Extremely true. Take for example Tanks v0.52. Very nicely written, and has 1-player as well as 2 (Worms does not.) Another example is Kwirk, a very challenging puzzle game. But Nick can't view every one, i suppose... there's usually 23 or so every day.
--meek

A little. But that choice was not in the survey.

I guess some questions are just left off to get discussion.

Well, there's no choice for what i do.
First I look to see if there is anything for my calc in the recent section.(89) If so, i check for what files seem interesting. Then, i check for basic or ASM. If it's basic, i only download it if it looks REALLY good... most basic games are much lacking. Then, i read the text file that accompanies it. If i see things like "buggy" or "may crash" i avoid it. I also check for flagrant and frequent spelling or grammatical errors that denote possible idiocy in the programmer. I also avoid things that say "beta" or "alpha" or "demo".. these tend to be extremely buggy and not very fun. By this time i've pretty much got it down to a good selection. So i download the file and play it. If it sucks, i delete it. Although if it's in a feature i usually give it a go because Nick thinks it's good enough to put it in the spotlight. And anyone who actually read this whole thing has way too much free time.

-meek

As you can tell, i don't like capitalizing the letter 'i'. After reviewing this, i thought it was quite funny, after the comment about poor spelling and grammar. I once read this book about handwriting. It said that "poor spelling or abscence of handwriting -->rythm<-- could detect dishonesty or possible sexual deviance. About 3 people had written comments here, as this was a library book. Sorry about the super-sized post (again)
--meek

Wow. I case you care, that is EXACTLY what I do. In that same exact order. I find that disturbing in some way. ;-)

Dark Ninja

That is somewhat odd, but it does make some sense. Although i'm not sure that anyone who thinks like i do should be too eager to admit it ;)

--meek

Well, I read this, and i totally agree. I have an 86 and I only download the programs if the descriptions are good, and they sound neat.

so do i.

What about math programs? ;-)